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A study found that the mean amount of time that people in the United States spent watching TV was 108.1 hours per year. The same study found that the median was 109.2 hours per year. If a histogram Were constructed for the data, would you expect it to be skewed to the right, to the left, or Approximately symmetric?


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Agonist

A chemical or drug that binds to receptors in the brain and causes a reaction or response similar to a naturally occurring substance.

Absolute Refractory Period

a period immediately following the transmission of a nerve impulse when a neuron is not responsive to stimulation from another impulse.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical substances that transmit signals from one neuron to another across synapses.

Reuptake

The process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic vesicles of the neuron after being released into the synaptic cleft.

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